Vermont Town Meeting in Bakersfield, Vermont

I shot this video footage as part of a statewide film project called The Vermont Movie: Freedom and Unity. The plan was to collect material that shows the character of the Vermont Town Meeting. I’m hoping the film project will be able to use a small portion of the material I shot. More info [...]

Kennedy in Burlington

I shot this a while ago but the words still ring true.

Answer to the Race Question

The trouble that some people have with trying to decide things like whether they should support a particular candidate may come from their desire to simplify things that are complex. The commercial media knows this. Look how they reduce content to short sound bites. Rarely are complex issues given a thorough examination. That would be [...]

My country tortures people.

Yesterday George Bush vetoed a bill that would make waterboarding illegal. You know, waterboarding. That’s the torture technique that we once referred to as Chinese water torture. That’s the interrogation method that involves pouring water down someones throat so they feel like they are drowning, the same technique that has been made illegal by numerous [...]

Barack Obama Visits Vermont

Ok, I’ll admit it. This is old footage I shot in March of 2006 when Senator Obama visited Burlington. Somehow I had the feeling he would run for President even though he said at the time that he was not ready for it. It’s been a long time since any politician has stirred [...]

Letter to St Albans Messenger

I just sent the following letter to the St.Albans Messenger. Maybe they will print it.
 

The Senate has passed a bill allowing the Federal Government to continue to conduct surveillance on U.S. citizens by listening in on their phone conversations and accessing electronic communications. The new legislation grants retroactive immunity to telecom businesses such as [...]

Obama takes the lead as Hillary sinks in the Potomac

It is encouraging to see Barack Obama leading the way toward correcting the mistakes and abuses of the Bush administation over the last seven years. It shows that our system of government can correct itself as long as the Constitution is upheld.
Unfortunately, yesterday, the new FISA amendment passed in the senate despite Vermont’s own Senator [...]

One good thing.

I keep asking my Republican friends if they can think of ONE GOOD THING George Bush has done for Americans. Just one! Almost invariably there is a long silent pause. Then they chirp, ” He lowered taxes!”
Unless you are in the upper income tiers, to my understanding, taxes have not been lowered. [...]